Hi, I'm trying to do a bit of java execution as part of a php routine and the following just doesn't work: <?php $cover = "c:\\javatest\\44438.pdf"; $cover_fin = "c:\\javatest\\44438_fin.pdf"; $cover_enc = "c:\\javatest\\44438_enc.pdf"; $docname = "c:\\javatest\\Lovejoy1.pdf"; $cmd = "java -cp C:\\j2sdk1.4.2_04\\jre\\lib\\itext.jar com.lowagie.tools.concat_pdf ".$cover." ".$docname." ".$cover_fin; $temp = passthru($cmd); ?> Even adding tha path to 'java' doesn't help. This command works fine from the command line. It adds two pdf files together. If I can get this to work, I'll also add the encryption routine. Any ideas George in Oxford -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php